Mr. Bannon Joins the National Security Council
The Washington commentariat continues to roil over President Donald J. Trump’s naming of Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor Stephen...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Mr. Bannon Joins the National Security Council
A nation must think before it acts.
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Executive Order 13769: America at Its Best and Its Worst
The boat held 907 passengers, refugees fleeing war and religious persecution. Denied permission to land in the United States,...
What Does Russia Want From President Trump?
As the Trump administration begins to formulate its policies, it is clear that both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin...
Trump and Taiwan: A Fresh Start or a Turn for the Worse?
From the beginning of the 2016 presidential campaign season, it was clear that the Republican Party envisioned changes in...
Tillerson the Realist
Last week, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, underwent Senate confirmation hearings. Venues...
Re-Shuffling of the Cards in Lebanon: Meet the New Government
The end of 2016 brought important changes in Lebanon. Michel Aoun’s election in October finally ended the destabilizing presidential...
Sectarianism and War in Iraq and Syria
In mid-December 2016, outgoing U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon referred to Aleppo as a “synonym for hell“ and...
A Presidential Strategy Board: Enabling Strategic Competence
The National Security Council (NSC) staff was once called the Keepers of the Keys, managers of the coordinating process...
Resolution Convolutions
The State of Israel, and the U.S.-Israeli relationship, now stand before new perils—potentially quite serious ones. You might suppose...
What the Assassination of the Russian Ambassador May Be Telling Us about Erdoğan’s Turkey
The assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey in an Ankara art gallery on December 19 was a dramatic...